Improvement in sleeve-buttons



JAMES W. MILLER AND ISAAC M. MILLER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLEEVE-BUTTONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 190,351, dated May 1,1877; application filed March 16, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES W. MILLER and IsAAo M. MILLER, of Newark,Essex county, State of New Jersey, have invented new and usefulImprovements in the Mannfacturing of Sleeve-Buttons; and we herebydeclare that the following is a true and exact description of ourinvention, which will enable others to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

The object of our invention is to cheapen the manufacture of buttons,and to facilitate the changing of the parts at will, and the puttingtogether and taking apart of the several pieces of which the buttons aremade, by which an injured or worn-out part of the button may be replacedby a new one.

Referring to the drawings, Figure I is a face view of our improvedsleeve-buttons, representing the parts assembled. Fig. II is a sectionalview taken on line 00 m, Fig. I. Fig. III is an inverted view of the rimsurrounding the parts. Fig. IV is a top view of the upper disk,connected by a stem to the lower disk. Fig. V is a bottom view of thecircular plate.

A is the lower disk; a, the stem connecting the lower disk A and theupper disk B. O is a circular plate, ornamented at the top, at will, byany desired design, monogram, jewels, 8230. This plate is held to theupper disk B by aid of the pins or rivets b b. D is the circular rim orcollar, made to cover the edge and part of the top of the disk B, andalso the edge and part of the top of the plate 0. The rim or collar D isheld to the disk B by aid of rivets or pins 0 c, which are fastened'tothe inner side of the rim, and fit into holes in the disk B, on thelower side of which they are bent or clinched, so that the collar or rimand plate are securely held to the disks connected by the stem a.

By this arrangement the disk B may be made of inferior metal, and ofless value than the other parts, as this disk is mostly hidden, and isnot exposed to wear and tear.

The collar or rim D may be cut out, chiseled, and ornamented in anydesirable manner, so that the same, in connection with the circularplate 0, presents the only ornamental parts of the button.

Having thus described our invention, we desire to claim- The collar D,provided with rivets c c, in combination with disk B, stem at, lowerdisk A, and plate 0, provided with pins 12 b, substantially asdescribed.

JAMES W. MILLER. ISAAC M. MILLER. Witnesses:

RICHD. GERNER, F. BAREI'IT.

